“Don’t you think to have added pain to an already painful situation, violating the intimacy of the patients’ rooms with the camera?” a lady asked me, after a screening. I often think of that question.… Read More
Category: English
My Perfect Circle
When does the idea of a movie begin? I believe The Perfect Circle was “born” when I was 16 and I was in love with a poem by John Donne, “A Valediction: forbidding mourning” by… Read More
What people say about the movie
It was an afternoon of a terrible day in Spoleto. It was raining cats and dogs. There were four screenings in two days. At the end of one of the screenings, a Council member called… Read More
A thank you letter to David Bowie from a palliative care doctor
By Dr Mark Taubert, Palliative Care Consultant at Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK @DrMarkTaubert Photo: J. Ourlin Dear David, Oh no, don’t say it’s true – whilst realization of your death was sinking in during… Read More